American Tax Officer

"Consultant Welton Heng is right; I have some intelligence from several branch bureaus," one said. "They've evaluated the black tax on GCO Prison, and it's only an estimated 1 to 2 million US dollars per prison; it's impossible for it to be as high as 80 million."

"So even if these taxes are unfrozen by the Long Beach Branch, they can't be used as capital for the divine ascension campaign," another pointed out.

Rohan placed the document he had brought onto the table.

The high-level supporters of David's faction each took turns to examine it.

Soon, their expressions soured.

Because according to the document, even if you pooled all the GCO prisons in a state, you couldn't come up with such a significant amount of black tax revenue.

Thereby, one could almost certainly conclude that the nearly 80 million dollars in taxes that David had received did not come through the black tax law.

Since it was not collected through the black tax law, it seemed that Welton Heng and his ilk believed that this tax money couldn't serve as campaign capital for the divinity plan; there was some logic to this after all.

Watching David's supporters fall into silence, Rohan, Welton Heng, and others displayed a trace of smugness.

However, before they could rejoice for long, what Director Obadiah said next caused their smirks to fade.

"I want you all to understand, when the divinity plan was initially determined, although it was said that the one who creates the highest tax achievement with this law would be elected, it was never stated that other types of tax revenue didn't count!"

At Director Obadiah's words, Donald and the others suddenly came to their senses.

That's right.

At the time, they had only agreed that whoever generated the highest tax revenue with this law would be elected, but it was never stipulated that other types of tax achievements didn't count.

"Director Obadiah, although it wasn't explicitly stated in the beginning, we are electing a spokesperson for the black tax law after all," Rohan objected. "Everyone assumed that only the tax revenue generated by the black tax law would count. How could David's taxes possibly be counted...

Rohan was the one who questioned this.

And Obadiah looked at him, responding, "Vice Director Rohan, I think you've got it backward."

"Huh?"

Rohan looked puzzled.

"Tell me, what was the original intention behind drafting the black tax law?"

"Of course, it's for tax revenue."

"Exactly, the essence of the black tax law is about increasing tax revenue," Obadiah continued. "As long as the revenue is increasing, that's the skill that matters most. Do you think it's important to differentiate whether the tax is black or not? If Bellamy Hardy and Brown Soros had this capability, I would definitely support them as well!"

Rohan was at a loss for words, and so were the supporters of Brown Soros and Bellamy Hardy.

Firstly, the divinity plan did not explicitly state it had to be a black or white tax. Therefore, their previous attacks on David for the 80 million not being black tax were on thin ground, and now Obadiah's rebuttal also stood on solid ground.

Simply put, this matter was a case of 'six of one, half a dozen of the other.'

And more importantly, Obadiah led the national tax agency, so his words naturally carried weight. Having said this much, others, even if they wished to object, would have to seriously consider their stance.

"Fine, since Director Obadiah says the divinity plan does not differentiate between black and white tax, then that's no issue," Welton Heng eventually stated.

"However... I believe that since this matter occurred on the Long Beach Branch's turf, and they consider there to be issues with this sum and have thus frozen it, then I think we should not interfere with their decision. After all, we do not understand the local situation, and we cannot hinder them from making the right judgment!"

This was Welton Heng speaking.

And his message was clear.

It meant to tell Donald, Obadiah, and others that since you've said the distinction between black and white tax money doesn't matter, we will step back on this issue.

But the local tax agency's decision to freeze these funds — this step, I cannot withdraw!

Obadiah Donald and the others were not fools, they clearly understood, and they all began to frown.

"Consultant Welton Heng is right; since the Long Beach Branch has frozen these funds, their director, and other high-level personnel surely have their considerations. We, not understanding the situation, should not meddle recklessly!"

"As long as Director Obadiah says we do not differentiate between black and white tax, I have no issues. As long as this fund is approved by the Long Beach Branch, then it can be counted towards David's total," they finally agreed.

"..."

With Consultant Welton Heng backing them, the supporters of Bellamy and Brown also found their footing and began to target the issue of the funds being frozen.

The logic was simple.

Even if this tax revenue could serve as capital for the divinity plan, as long as the Long Beach Branch frozen it for a few days.

Once the divinity plan was over, their goals would naturally be achieved.

By then, it would be too late to return the funds to David, and even if they gave David another 80 million, what use would it be?

Seeing Rohan and the others stoking the flames, Donald, and David's other supporters grew more anxious. They could only look to Obadiah, hoping he would stand up and speak again.

But to their dismay, Obadiah remained contemplative, showing no sign of speaking up again.

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